coffeehouses

When the popular TV series "Only Murders in Gotham" chooses the Village Blend as a place to shoot its new season, shop manager and master roaster Clare Cosi is thrilled at the chance to show off the shop, especially when her bulletproof coffee lands her a craft services contract for the production. But when a real bullet is fired from a prop gun that could have killed one of Clare's baristas working as an extra, she knows she has to get to the bottom of what is really going on before someone dies.

"...sixteen-year-old Lucy Kane hates the uber-popular PSL. She finds it overrated -- especially when you consider the fact that there isn't even pumpkin in it! -- which is bad because she works at Cup o' Jo, the local coffee shop her mom owns. Business at Cup o' Jo hasn't been great in the off-season, but that's okay because it always picks up during the fall... Until Java Junction, a multinational coffee chain, opens across the street and makes things harder for the small shop. And to make matters worse, it turns out Jack Harper, the new kid in school and Lucy's secret crush, is the son of the owner."--Provided by publisher.

"At Cafe Hachiware, worn-out city dwellers may find a cozy sanctuary and a comforting beverage from the cheerful cat barista. When Mitsubachi Kanae stops by for a visit, she encounters a friendly dog patissier, fresh out of work! Can the cat barista serve up something to soothe the pup's sadness and perhaps give the master baker a job?"--Page [4] of cover.

In a cafe run by a pun-loving polar bear, an eccentric mix of clients, including a love-struck zookeeper and a zoo-weary panda, keep the host on his toes in all seasons of the year.

"In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a caf? which has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. But this coffee shop offers its customers a unique experience: the chance to travel back in time . . . we meet four visitors, each of whom is hoping to make use of the caf?'s time-travelling offer, in order to confront the lover who left them, receive a letter from their husband whose memory has begun to fade, see their sister one last time, and meet the daughter they never got the chance to know. But the journey into the past does not come without risks: customers must sit in a particular seat, they cannot leave the caf?, and finally, they must return to the present before the coffee gets cold"--Provided by publisher.

"For some people, the daily grind of city life is exhausting. Yet somewhere between the busy streets there's a mysterious cat caf? that can only be found by weary souls. What's on the menu? A delicious drink, specially brewed for each customer … by a cat barista!"--Provided by publisher.

"All Harper Thompson wants for Christmas is the huge promotion she's worked so hard for-which she should get, as long as her launch of the hip new coffeehouse, Deja Brew, goes according to plan. Jonah Rogers is spending the holiday season trying to save his family's coffee shop, Lucky Star, from going out of business, which will be tough with the brand-new Deja Brew opening across the street. When Jonah and Harper meet for the first time after accidentally swapping phones, their chemistry is as electric as a strand of Christmas lights."--Provided by publisher.

A collection of comic strips that take place in the House of Java, a small coffeehouse where the local residents go to drown their sorrows.

When her best friend Daniel concocts an elaborate plot to ask the new girl at school to the fall dance, Nadine realizes she has fallen for Daniel herself but fears she does not have the courage to tell him how she feels. Includes recipes.

Vienne Kenney returns to Clayburn after failing the bar exam twice and runs into former school friend Jackson Linder; however, their relationship grows cold when Vienne discovers he is fresh out of rehab recovering from the same illness that killed her father.